Architects: Arhitektura Krusec
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Directors in Charge: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec and Vid Kurinčič
Collaborators: Vanja Milosavljevič , Jan Šavli, Domen Fučka , Tina Mikulič, Jurij Nemec , Nina Polajnar, Miha Prosen
Investor: University of Ljubljana and Biotechnical Faculty
Project Area: 2,700 sqm
Design Year: 2007-2008
Construction Year: 2009–2010
Photographs: Miran Kambič
The building is constructed within a large area in which various buildings of the Biotechnical Faculty are positioned as pavilions among groves of fruit trees. The building is a functional and conceptual continuation of the existing faculty complex.
It houses a large representative lecture hall, the dean’s office and central library.
In spite of the poor construction state of the existing building, it is the only context of design and organization the new building design could relate to.
In accordance with the above, all communication passages in the new building are connected to hallways in the existing building.
The main entrance is designed from the western side, combining with the existing building entrance to create a large entry platform with benches. The entry platform serves to functionally and perceptively combine two dislocated entries into a unified whole.
The connection to the existing building is also obvious at the level of façade design, as it resumes the composition scheme of the existing building. The façade dynamics reflect the functional layout of internal premises and load bearing construction.
The library, acting as the “house of learning” is symbolically placed above the main entrance. As the sanctuary of all written knowledge of the faculty, the library has a dominant position both in the direction of the main entrance and in the direction of the main hall.
Special attention is paid to orientation of the halls that never end as “blind alleys”. They are rather closed by glass walls that allow users a view into the surroundings.
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emerging architects! looks and feels very nice.
I totally agree. Very nice.
I like the ceiling lighting, anyone have details on what they are?
in the section you can see that they are skylights, the cylinder look as if its made of some sort of translucid plastic
full of good taste.
bold & sophisticated
dull & prosaic
Just beautifull… excellent.
boooring, seen before 100 times
Not everything has to be thrillingly exciting all the time. Many clients without mega-budgets needs ordinary, well excecuted, comfortable buildings. This is such a building – why not appreciate it for that? Your comment is typical of an Archdaily saturated mindset – actually, you are pretty damn boring… and actually we’ve all heard comments like yours a 100 times…. boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring
Yeah true but all buildings doesnt have to be published…either archdaily is filtering somehow the
incoming information or should publish all contemporary buildings(bad, good, boring, ugly etc.).
And its not about subjectivity(if one building is good according to my taste and cultural background). If one building is almost similar with one other that was published in the recent past i don’t think both deserve publishing…its simple as that.
Or would you rather see a new bombastic building, built in the accordance with the new formalistic teachings on wich in 20 years on we will look upon as we do today on postmodernism? Humble and contextual architecture always prevails.
khm… this is not humble and contextual architecture at all. it is just the opposite; formalistic & pretense
you are so smart guys! try to build something architectual in slovenija, its almost imposible! and this project 4 example was honourd with the slovenien pitzker price:)
soooo, schhhhhhhhhhhhh:P
Having been to Slovenia recently, I’m really excited about the future of Architecture there… there seems to be a lot of quality building, this scheme being an example of it. It has the guts to pare the scheme down to it’s essential parti.